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COVID-19 pandemic: How to prepare your business

Insperity

Adapt your sick leave and other attendance policies. If someone is sick, encourage them to stay home. This choice is as much about encouraging people to play it safe when sick by staying home as it is about being supportive of the local medical community.

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Key employer considerations for returning to work post COVID-19

PeopleStrategy

If they can’t work remotely, they must still be paid under the emergency medical leave provisions created by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) , but you’ll earn this back as tax credits.

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COVID-19 Resources: FFCRA & CARES Acts

PeopleStrategy

In the past two weeks, two major pieces of legislation have been passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). Below you will find summaries of key provisions within each Act that impact employers and employees.

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Covid-Related Lawsuits Skyrocket

Abel HR

Rounding out the top five were Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave violations (144), wage and hour disputes (113) and disability discrimination (95). Similarly, leave requests related to Corona need to be uniformly allowed for all staff, not just those that interact with clients or have a customer-facing role.

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Employers Wrestling with Fiduciary Benefits Compliance Issues, Leave Laws

InterWest Insurance Services

A new report has found that employers are increasingly wrestling with two challenges in their human resources departments: growing employee benefits fiduciary liability issues, and administrative difficulties in managing employee leaves. Employer leave policies Many employers will also have their own in-house rules for leave.